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Re: Is it possible to overdo it on the compost?

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Thanks for your response Jeff.

> What do you mean by compost here?  Is the garden mix a compost-enhancing
> substance?  If so, look at the ingredients and see if it is mainly Carbon
or
> Nitrogen.  Maybe it's an exact 30:1 mixture, then I would say it would be
hard to
> overdo it.  Otherwise, you could overdo it depending on what other stuff
you
> put in.

It's called "garden compost" which I got at Lowe's. It says "100% compost
wood fines, sand", but it doesn't give any more specifics. Costs $ 2.99 a
bag. It looks like peat moss, only a little heavier. I figured it couldn't
hurt to add some of that. I'm also seeing things called "top soil" at the
local garden centers and I wondered about getting that instead, but it's too
late now.

> I think you disturb the worm holes a little, and somebody posted a message
> on this list last week about research into some sort of fungus that is
disturbed
> if you till or dig too much.  I'm still so new to sqft gardening, that I
am really
> disturbing my soil getting it set up, but I intend on trying to not touch
it much
> in the future.(We'll see if that actually happens...)

I only really till it once a year. I was surprised how much it compacted
within a year without ever walking on it.

> What he recommends doing now is getting manure and putting it under your
> beds - supposedly the way he does it, he hasn't had too many problems with
> it being too hot by the time he plants.

I don't get it. How do you get manure under your bed? Do you dig it all up,
put the manure down, then put the top soil back on?

> Payson's racetrack(up by their high
> school) offers horse manure free for the taking, if you want to drive down
> here.  Actually, I could probably even be convinced to bring you some
> (since I am burrowing a truck to pick some up from right up the street
from
> you in Mapleton), as long as you and/or David are willing to help me hose
> out the truck bed before I return it!
> (I'm intending on borrowing the truck in the next week or two, possibly
> as early as tomorrow, Saturday the 17th).

That sounds like a smelly proposition to me!!! Hey, I could use a little
manure, especially to put in my compost pile, and I have a high pressure
hose on my driveway. Write to me off-line and I'll give you the address and
phone number.

Annie Sargent
annie@esargent.org


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